Fresno rallies around a downtown business after a cry for help from the owner. Craig Scharton has been involved in the revitalization efforts in Downtown Fresno for years… from his work as the former director of the city’s Revitalization Department to his personal investment into downtown. He opened the business “Peeves Public House” on the…… MORE
(KMJ) – For the second time in less than a week, Fresno County Sheriff’s Deputies are investigating a double homicide. Fresno County Sheriff’s Deputies found the bodies of 31-year-old Alfonso Barbosa and 29-year-old Fray Martin Rodriguez in a car parked at Dinuba and Crawford Saturday night.. Detectives say the car was parked at an awkward angle…… MORE
(KMJ) – The Madera County Sheriff’s Department says a man told them he was carjacked around 6:30 Friday afternoon from a home on Blackfoot Road in Coarsegold. The victim told investigators he knew the two suspects and voluntarily drove to their house to give them a ride to a convenience store. But they then forced…… MORE
Hunger should not be a barrier to success for college students. To combat this, Fresno City College is opening the first ever Ram Pantry on January 22, 2016. The mission of the Ram Pantry is to fight student hunger and address food insecurity among FCC students. If a student has gone through the dilemma of…… MORE
An aggressive panhandler was arrested for third time this week, in Fresno, and many in Fresno want to see panhandling stop. Fresno Police arrested 43-year old Kevin Joy – a repeat panhandler – who had nearly $2000 dollars on him. Police say they’re familiar with joy and his aggressive panhandling and he was cited more…… MORE
A Fresno lawyer has videotaped evidence of an alleged sex act during a surgery, a nurse who witnessed the incident is filing a lawsuit. Attorney Kevin Little says his office is representing a female worker at Adventist Medical Center in Hanford, and that she has been sexually harassed and assaulted by two health providers, a…… MORE
(KMJ) – For the second time this week, and the 12th time in 2016, Fresno Police arrest a man for panhandling in a center median. Fresh off his arrest on Monday, Wednesday 43-year old Kevin Joy was back panhandling on the median at Clinton and Weber Avenues. Two Fresno Police officers approached him around 10:30…… MORE
(KMJ) – Fresno Police were called to a home on the 500 block of West Vassar Avenue Wednesday after a resident there had found a hand grenade inside their home. The home owner told officers she arrived from Washington with her adult daughter to clean her residence for…… MORE
Aaron Abeytia Aaron Abeytia anchors afternoon newscasts on News/Talk 580 & 105.9 KMJ. Read More… Listen to the report as aired on News/Talk 580 AM & 105.9 FM KMJ FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ) — Democratic California State Senate Transportation Committee Chairman James Beall Jr. has announced plans to hold oversight hearings on the High-Speed Rail Project. The…… MORE
FRESNO (KMJ) — A man facing animal cruelty charges after a cat bound with tape was found in a backpack he was wearing, has made his first appearance inside Fresno County Superior Court. Charged with one felony count cruelty to animals, as well as two other misdemeanors related to his arrest on Sunday, Cody High…… MORE
